National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance.

Sabine Höhler is Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Her recent book onSpaceship Earth explores global concepts of environmental carrying capacity and life support between 1960 and 1990 (Pickering& Chatto 2015).

Preface List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements

Introduction: Towards a Global History of National ParksBernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper

PART I: PARKS AND EMPIRES

Chapter 1.Unpacking Yellowstone: The American National Park in Global PerspectiveKaren Jones

Chapter 2.How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler SocietiesMelissa Harper andRichard White

Chapter 3.Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation: National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial AfricaCaroline Ford

Chapter 4.From Colonial Imposition to National Icon: Malaysia's Taman Negara National ParkJeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells

Chapter 5.A Bavarian Serengeti: Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and GermanyBernhard Gissibl

PART II: ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS

Chapter 6. Translating Yellowstone: Early European National Parks,Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss ModelPatrick Kupper

Chapter 7.Framing the Heritage of Mankind: National Parks on the International AgendaAnna-Katharina Wöbse

Chapter 8. Global Values, Local Politics:Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National ParkBrad Martin

Chapter 9. Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife: Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and ChitwanNational ParksEtienne Benson

PART III: NATIONS AND NATURES

Chapter 10.A Revolutionary Civilization: National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern MexicoEmily Wakild

Chapter 11.Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game ReservesHenny van der Windt

Chapter 12.Globalizing Nature: National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent IndiaMichael Lewis

Chapter 13.Slovenias Triglav National Park: From Imperial Borderland to National EthnoscapeCarolin Firouzeh Roeder

Epilogue:National Parks, Civilization and GlobalizationJane Carruthers

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